Giant Garter Snake

Giant Garter Snake

Thamnophis gigas

Reptilestrong against amphibians, mammals

Rare

Scales

While active with another reptile in play, it takes 3 less damage (6 with two others).

37

45

48

Thamnophis gigas

Photo: © Ken-ichi Ueda (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

• Amphibians
• Mammals

Weak against

• Birds
• Fungi

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

The species

The giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) is the largest species of garter snake. Relatively rare, it is a semi-aquatic snake with a limited distribution in the wetlands of central California.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Giant garter snake, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

1. LC
2. NT
3. VU
4. EN
5. CR
6. EX

Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Rare.

Observations

102 on iNaturalist

Adult mass

244 g

Diet

Carnivore

Its known vertebrate prey (GloBI)

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Where its stats come from130 points, the Rare budget

Every Rare card has 130 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

• HP 37
• ATK 45
• DEF 48

How they’re shared out:

Type

Reptile: HP 36, ATK 30 and DEF 34 out of 100 to start.

Popularity

102 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.

Predator

1 known vertebrate prey: extra ATK.

Size

244 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.

Variation

A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.